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Melbourne universities and training colleges have been in the spotlight this year after a string of violent attacks on Indian students and the closure of several disreputable colleges...High school enrolments by Chinese students, by far the biggest group...
Tags: foreign students, Victoria, Australia, Melbourne, Education, Private school, University of Melbourne
The University of Sydney will send two men's and one women's crew to the Head Of The Yarra on Saturday, the largest rowing event in the country. They will challenge the University of Melbourne in the 8.6km race for eight-oared crews along the Yarra River.
Tags: Melbourne-Sydney, University of Melbourne, Melbourne University Boat Club, Sydney University Boat Club, University of Sydney, Australian, boat clubs, Yarra River, Peter Antonie, row clubs, Australia, Melbourne, Sport in London, The Boat Race, Rowing, Yarra Yarra Rowing Club, Oxford and Cambridge Cup, Oxbridge
S oldest state theatre organisation, the Melbourne Theatre Company, has been forced to reverse its position over the limited number of women it employs in creative roles, especially directing, after criticism that it had created a boys' club environment.
Tags: Australia, Melbourne, Melbourne Theatre Company, Board of directors, University of Melbourne, Racism in Australia, Stolen Generations, Jan McLucas, Politics of Australia, Human rights abuses, Cultural assimilation, Health Medical Pharma, Vaccination, Orphanage, Vaccine, Immunology, Biotechnology, Prevention
Investors has turned in a bumper year, reporting no less than a 24 per cent increase in pre-tax earnings to $24 million. Cripes, how could Peter Cooper , that walking encyclopedia of quotations, manage that sort of performance in a year when markets were...
Tags: Peter Cooper, Melbourne Model, University of Melbourne, law schools, Australia, Melbourne, P/E ratio, Investment management, Management fee, Financial services, Investment, Hedge funds, Business Finance
Until now, it was uncertain whether the Teacher Rewards scheme, to be trialled at 25 public schools next year, would use the national test results to judge whether a teacher deserved a bonus...The Australian Education Union said the decision to link pay...
Tags: NAPLAN, test results, Ms Pike, Melbourne University, University of Melbourne, national test, Victoria, Standardized test, Teaching method, Iowa Tests of Educational Development, Teacher, Charter school, Teaching, Standards-based education, Educational psychology, Education
The AN Smith Lecture in Journalism, held in Melbourne, commemorates Arthur Norman Smith, a leading political journalist.
Tags: AN Smith Memorial Lecture, ABC, Mr Scott, Mark Scott, University of Melbourne
But in reality, organisers hoping to pull 1,000 people to the University of Melbourne to cut some robot moves on Tuesday struggled for numbers. The attempt to break the previous Guinness world record, set by 276 students from England's University of Kent,...
Tags: dance record, robot dance, world record, University of Melbourne
Victoria where one is overdue, a Melbourne geologist has warned...Professor Joyce, of Melbourne University, said residents of Hamilton, Warrnambool, Colac and Port Fairy should be prepared as a priority because they are surrounded by small volcanoes that...
Tags: Melbourne University, University of Melbourne, Bernie Joyce, Australia, Melbourne
Australia will mount three high-profile visits, including by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, to India this year as part of Canberra's efforts to reinforce ties with New Delhi in the backdrop of a series of attacks on Indian students Down Under. "Three high-profile...
Tags: University of Melbourne, Australia-India, Australia India Institute, SM Krishna, prime minister, Australian, Kevin Rudd, education sector, affairs minister, external affairs
External Affairs Minister SM Krishan said he was "satisfied" with Mr Rudd's assurances. More than 12 Indian students have been attacked in Melbourne and Sydney in the last few months, reports say. Delhi recently expressed concern over the "ferocity" of...
Tags: Australia, Indian, SM Krishna, Kevin Rudd, S.M. Krishna, prime minister, minister kevin, University of Melbourne, affairs minister, external affairs